The director added that he feels there’s more solo ground that Superman needs to cover before the long-mooted Justice League movie comes to fruition, asked if he’d like to introduce Batman into Man Of Steel 2, he added, ““I don’t know. Everything is interesting at this point. And don’t forget that Lex is out there, doing who knows what…”

Man Of Steel is due in cinemas 14 June 2013. Pick up Superman: The Complete Collection on Blu-ray for £19.99 from Amazon.co.uk.